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Definition of Quincunx

1. n. An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.

Definition of Quincunx

1. an arrangement of five objects [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Quincunx

1. 1. An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions. 2. The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150 deg . 3. A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial. Origin: L, fr. Quingue five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five, and Ounce the weight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quincunx

quincewort quince bush quinche quinched quinches quinching Quincke quincke's disease Quincke's oedema Quincke's pulse

Quincke's puncture Quincke's sign quincuncial quincuncial quincunx (current term) quincunx (current term) quincunxes quincunxial Quincy quindecagon

quindecillion quindecillions quindecone quindecylic Quine quinela quinelas quinella quinellas quines

Literary usage of Quincunx

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1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1854)
"When an orchard is to be planted, or where there are many row?, the quincunx arrangement is always the best, because by that mode, each tree is cqui-distant ..."

2. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"To find the number of plants required to set an acre by the quincunx method, ... The real quincunx planting places a tree in the center of the square. ..."

3. Effective Farming: A Text-book for American Schools by Harry Oscar Sampson (1918)
"These arc (1) rectangular, in which the trees occupy the corners of a rectangle, usually a square: (2) quincunx, in which the trees are planted in squares ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"... quincunx form, a» thu» : Those truncheons will shoot out many branches, two or three of which will grow to poles if the land is good ; if not, only one. ..."

5. The Commercial Apple Industry of North America by John Clifford Folger, Samuel Mable Thomson (1921)
"quincunx system. The quincunx being a modification of the square system, may be laid off in the same manner as the latter. The location of the center tree ..."

6. Roman Antiquities by Alexander Adam, John Richardson Major (1835)
"They were not placed directly behind one another as on march (agmine quadrato) ; but obliquely, in the form of what is called a quincunx*, Virg. G. ii. ..."

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